DEVICE FOR IMPLANTING AN ENDOPROSTHESIS

摘要

Sleeve element (1) is mounted in a lengthwise displaceable fashion on a core element (4). Core element (4) has a pistol butt-shaped handle (8). Sleeve element (1) has two projections (10, 11) which can only be surrounded by fingers in order to retract sleeve element (1) onto core element (4) to eject an endoprosthesis. Because of its pistol butt-shaped handle (8), greater human force can be used to hold core element (4) than it is possible to use to retract sleeve element (1) by applying fingers to its projections (10, 11). This ensures that when the endoprosthesis is positioned and released by retracting sleeve element (1), there will be no change in the position of core element (4), which would cause an undesired change in the position of the endoprosthesis to be implanted.